Window-screen attachment.



E. H. JEEVES. WINDOW SCREEN ATTACHMENT. APPLIOATION FILED SBPT.27,1913.

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EDWARD H. JEEVES, OF LONDON, ONTARIO, CANADA.

WINDOW-SCREEN ATTACHMENT.

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 8, 1914.

Application filed September 27, 1913.. Serial No. 792,140.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, EDWARD H. Jnnvns, a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at No. 879 Hellmuth avenue, in the city of London, in the county of Middlesex, Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented new and useful Improvements in WVindow-Screen Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to windows and has special reference to an attachment for securing collapsible window screens in place, said attachment being designed to permit the screen to remain attached to the frame of a window ready for use when the window is raised.

The attachment is further designed to permit the moving of the sash into and out of operative relation with the movable sash of a window without removing the screen from the attachment.

The principal object of the invention is to improve and simplify the general construction of device of this character.

Another object of the invention is to provide an attachment for window screens that may be readily applied to any size of screen and to any window having sliding sashes, said attachment being so arranged as to permit the ready attachment and detachment of the screen from the window while at the same time securely holding it in position.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists in general of certain novel details of construction and combination of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, like characters of reference indicate like parts in the several views, and Figure 1 shows a perspective view of a portion of the attachment, the view showing that part which is arranged to be attached to the window frame. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of one end showing the attachment which is secured to the screen in position thereon. Fig. 3 is a transverse section through a window showing the screen in the position in which one of the window sashes is raised so that air is permitted to enter the room where the window is located. Fig. 4 shows the position of the screen when the sash is lowered.

This attachment consists of three separate portions indicated in general by letters A, B and 0. Of these three portions the portion A is arranged for attachment to the window frame while the portions B and C are arranged for attachment to the screen at the end thereof. It is to be understood that the portions A, B and C are each duplicated, there being similar portions at each end of the screen and on each side of the sash, and that these duplicated portions are right and left hand in accordance with their position on the frame.

The screen is of the ordinary collapsible variety in which the two sections slide one upon the other and one of these screens is indicated at 10. The end member of such is indicated at 11 and the lower part of the end member is slotted as at 12. Spaced from the bottom of the end member there is provided a second slot 13. The window frame is indicated in general as at 14 and is provided with the usual parting bead 15 and sliding sashes 16 and 17 The member A consists of a strip of metal bent at right angles to provide a body 18 and a side 19. The side 19 is cut away as at 20 and 21 and the portion 20 which is cut out of the side 19 is bent to project from the part 19 and form a tongue 22. The portion which is cut out at 21 is left attached to the body 18 and bent to form a tongue 23 which is provided with a slot 24 at the side adjacent the body 18 so as to form a species of hook. The body 18 is provided with suitable nail holes for the purpose of securing the same to the parting bead 15 at its lower part as shown in Fig. 4.

The member B consists of a plate of metal bent at right angles so as to provide an edge covering portion 25 which extends along the edge of the frame member 11 and a side portion 26 which extends along the side of said member, being secured thereto by suitable nails 27. The edge portion 25 is slotted as at 28, the slot corresponding in size, to the slot or recess 12 in the end member- 11. This portion 25 is furthermore slotted as at 29 so as to correspond with the slot or recess 13. The slots 28 and 29 corre- The portion C consists of a bodyrportion.

which is secured to the edge of the frame member 11 and a tongue 31 which overlaps the side of said frame member and is attached thereto by suitable nails 32. edge of the portion 30 is provided with a frame portion 33 which is bent at right angles to the portion 30 and extends diagonally with reference to the edge of the frame member 11, the plate from which the member 13 is made being tapered for this purthen collapsed and inserted in position in the sash and then expanded so that the tongues 22 enter the respective recesses. 13 through the slots 29'while at the same time the tongues 23 are engaged in'the recesses 12 through the slots 28. To permit this ac.- tion the. screen is slightly raised above'the window sill and when the tongues are thus engaged the screen is dropped, it being understood that the screen is expanded to the full width permitted by the frame in order to permit the engagement of the edge of the slot 28 in the slot 24. It will' thus be seen thatthev lower slot 28 at each end forms a species of pivot in connection with the tongue 33 at said end so that the upper end ofthe screen is permitted to swing in and out. Now the parts A are so positioned that when the screen swings in at its upper end it will lie beneath the lower edge of v, the sash 16 andin order to stop the screen from falling too far inward and also to prevent flies and other insects from entering around'the edge-of said screen the flange 23 is arranged to engage against thesides of the respective stop 15 and thus form a stop flange and closurefor the edge portion of the screen. 7

When it is desired to close the sash 1'6it is simply necessary to move the upper end of the screen outward into the position 7 shown in Fig. 4, this being permitted by the working of the tongue22 looselyin the slot 29 and the pivoting of the tongue 23 in the slot 28. The sash-canthen be dPOPPBd as shown in said figure. l/Vhen it is desired to, remove the screen it is simply necessary to, lift the same sufficiently high to permit the edge of the respective member 28' 'at'each One.

described, but it is wished to include all such as come properly within the scope claimed. I

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. A window screen adapted to be mounted in a window frame having a slidingsash mounted therein, said screen having one edge removably pivoted. to said window frame at a location clear of the path of movement of the sash, and arrangedto tilt H so that the opposite edge may be brought into and out of the path of movement of said sash, I v

2. A window screen adapted to be mounted in a window frame having a sliding sash mounted thereln, said screen having one edge removably pivoted to said window frame at a location. clear of the path of movement of the sash, and arranged .to tilt so that the opposite edge may be brought into and out of the path of movement. of said sash, and coacting stops on said frame and screen arranged. to limit the tilting movement. of said screen. I

3. A window screen adapted to be mounted in a window frame having a. slidingsash mounted therein, members at each side of said screen carrying interlocking members, interlocking members carried by said screen and coacting with the first mentioned interlockmg members and arranged to i t,

ally connect one edge of the screen to the frame and permit llmited swlnging' move ment of the screen, combined stop and closure members securedto the screen and arranged to engage said members. carrying said first mentioned interlocking members when the free edge of the said screen liesin the path of movement. of said sash.

In testimony whereof, I have signed in the presence of the two undersigned wit- P; J. EDMUNDS, E. A. BEDFORD.

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Washington, D. C. 

